On Vacation, When Do You Start To Get Homesick?
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Three weeks and I'm ready to shower in my own shower and sleep in my own bed. But, I have to admit that when we pull up to our lovely abode my heart aches for the road again! Or maybe I just don't want to face all that unread mail and pile of laundry I know I have to do.
I think I am born to travel, but there really is no place like home. But my husband will tell you that only a few days pass before I am planning and researching our next trip. Pack my bags!!
I think I am born to travel, but there really is no place like home. But my husband will tell you that only a few days pass before I am planning and researching our next trip. Pack my bags!!
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I was thinking about this thread today. I realized that many people post here that they don't seek fancy places to stay -- all they need is a "bed and a roof" over their head. The hole up in a tiny room and live out of a suitcase. Others talk about when they travel everything is bare bones -- no meal splurges, eating as little as possible and never having a special meal. Others mention that they go through all kinds of inconveniences to get where they're going -- perhaps multi plane changes to their destination, taking the worst of possible public transporation with lugging luggage up and down stairs, etc.
There is nothing wrong with any of that -- but if they are giving up all creature comforts when they travel, I'd sure understand how they'd get homesick for the comforts of home. Perhaps I don't get that way, because I travel to be as comfortable traveling as when I'm home.
There is nothing wrong with any of that -- but if they are giving up all creature comforts when they travel, I'd sure understand how they'd get homesick for the comforts of home. Perhaps I don't get that way, because I travel to be as comfortable traveling as when I'm home.
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I don't.
But then again, I haven't gone on a trip longer than 2 weeks.
Sometimes I welcome the familiar scenery, but usually, I am not homesick--no offense to my family, friends, or the large cat I live with.
But then again, I haven't gone on a trip longer than 2 weeks.
Sometimes I welcome the familiar scenery, but usually, I am not homesick--no offense to my family, friends, or the large cat I live with.
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We get the opposite of homesick we get vacation sick. We used to get homesick when travelling for more than 2 weeks. Now we stay away as long as possible because after being home a few hours we get just as pissed off as before we left and everything is back to BAU. Having your won business has it's pros and cons.
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Hello Patrick, that is a good thought!
Like you I want to be comfortable when I travel. Consequently I don't travel nearly as much as most Fodorites do. So no doubt that is why I do not get homesick. I get "sick" when I get home and have to unpack, do laundry, go through the mail, return messages etc. But I do enjoy my home so when I do not travel I am quite content.
Like you I want to be comfortable when I travel. Consequently I don't travel nearly as much as most Fodorites do. So no doubt that is why I do not get homesick. I get "sick" when I get home and have to unpack, do laundry, go through the mail, return messages etc. But I do enjoy my home so when I do not travel I am quite content.
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Annabel, I really like the phrase vacation sick. I love to travel and do it as often as my schedule, and everything else in my life, will allow.
Homesickness? Sure.
I don't travel to just say that I travel here and there, and will suffer any inconvenience to accomplish that goal. I don't cut corners when I travel. I love room service, plush robes in my room and I routinely require my family to unpack when we reach our destination. I splurge more on vacations/holidays than I do at home. I always believe that travel experiences are priceless and should be a treat.
Having been born on an army base and having learned to pack a suitcase before elementary school, and having boarded lots of planes, trains and automobiles in twenty years, I know what it is to have no stationary home until I married. I love to travel, but I love having a home and loved ones (and my 19 year old cat) to be homesick for.
Homesickness? Sure.
I don't travel to just say that I travel here and there, and will suffer any inconvenience to accomplish that goal. I don't cut corners when I travel. I love room service, plush robes in my room and I routinely require my family to unpack when we reach our destination. I splurge more on vacations/holidays than I do at home. I always believe that travel experiences are priceless and should be a treat.
Having been born on an army base and having learned to pack a suitcase before elementary school, and having boarded lots of planes, trains and automobiles in twenty years, I know what it is to have no stationary home until I married. I love to travel, but I love having a home and loved ones (and my 19 year old cat) to be homesick for.
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The longest I've been gone is 3 weeks and I haven't been homesick yet.
Patrick - I think I might be the exception to your thought... I usually stay at basic Days Inn or Travelodges, never unpack my suitcase or make my hotel room "homey", and eat simply and casually; and yet I've never been homesick.
I think perhaps that when I travel it reminds me of how life was supposed to turn out - I was supposed to live my life like Nancy Drew: independently wealthy, traveling to exotic places, having someone to do all my housework, etc., and never having to work.
Then I come home and I'm suddenly Hannah Gruen...
Patrick - I think I might be the exception to your thought... I usually stay at basic Days Inn or Travelodges, never unpack my suitcase or make my hotel room "homey", and eat simply and casually; and yet I've never been homesick.
I think perhaps that when I travel it reminds me of how life was supposed to turn out - I was supposed to live my life like Nancy Drew: independently wealthy, traveling to exotic places, having someone to do all my housework, etc., and never having to work.
Then I come home and I'm suddenly Hannah Gruen...
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